ASIN: B00LZ8CB76
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 343
The Ho Chi Minh Trail. The mountainous maze of paths, trails, roads and bridges has been used by the indigenous mountain tribes of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for centuries. They use it to live, trade and fight amongst some of the steepest mountains and thickest jungles in the world. The Trail was used to fight the Chinese, Japanese, French, Laotians and finally the Government of South Vietnam and the American allied forces. The Ho Chi Minh Trail was the life-line for the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army in the South. The seemingly never-ending supply line was a testament to North Vietnam’s willingness to sacrifice people and equipment in their effort to spread Communism throughout the Southeast Asian region. Cars, trucks, bicycles, people made that arduous journey to the South and kept improving the Trail as they made the journey.Efforts to stop the flow of war materials through ...
